You wold be amazed how the tiniest amount of UX friction can eliminate that as an option. My wife agrees that the speakers and amp in the living room sound way better but would choose a home pod (if we had one) even though she only has to press two buttons.

I think of the home pod much like air pods just serve a different function. Sure there are better sounding headphones for 160$ but I personally still use them all the time over my studio headphones because of the better usability, form factor, and aesthetics.